reftable: document an alternate cleanup method on Windows

hanwen · gitster · commit 61a766051613 · 2021-04-12T14:29:44.000-07:00
The new method uses the update_index counter, which isn't susceptible to clock
inaccuracies.

Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys &lt;hanwen@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt b/Documentation/technical/reftable.txt
@@ -1011,8 +1011,13 @@ reftable stack, reload `tables.list`, and delete any tables no longer mentioned
 in `tables.list`.
 
 Irregular program exit may still leave about unused files. In this case, a
-cleanup operation can read `tables.list`, note its modification timestamp, and
-delete any unreferenced `*.ref` files that are older.
+cleanup operation should proceed as follows:
+
+* take a lock `tables.list.lock` to prevent concurrent modifications
+* refresh the reftable stack, by reading `tables.list`
+* for each `*.ref` file, remove it if
+** it is not mentioned in `tables.list`, and
+** its max update_index is not beyond the max update_index of the stack
 
 
 Alternatives considered
